SHORTSFEST 2016
The AwardsThe Jury recognized films with the following Oscar®-qualifying awards:
BEST ANIMATED FILM: DEER FLOWER |
Deer Flower, directed by Kangmin Kim (USA/South Korea) |
BEST COMEDY: HOUNDS |
Hounds, directed by Omer Tobi (Israel)
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BEST DRAMA: THANKS FOR DANCING |
Thanks for Dancing, directed by Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken (Norway)
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BEST DOCUMENTARY: IRREGULARS |
Irregulars, directed by Fabio Palmieri (Italy)
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BEST SHORT SHORT: MINING POEMS OR ODES |
Mining Poems or Odes, directed by Callum Rice (Scotland/UK)
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ADDITIONAL JURY AWARDS
BEST STUDENT SHORT: SEA BREEZE |
Sea Breeze, directed by Chun-Yi Li (Taiwan/UK)
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SPECIAL RECOGNITION |
I, Destini, directed by Nicholas Pilarski and Destini Riley (USA)
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SPECIAL RECOGNITION |
La Laguna, directed by Aaron Schock (USA)
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SPECIAL RECOGNITION |
Julia Pointner in Everything Will Okay, directed by Patrick Vollrathfor (Germany/Austria)
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SPECIAL RECOGNITION |
World Wide Woven Bodies, directed by Truls Krane Meby (Norway)
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AUDIENCE AWARDS
AUDIENCE AWARD: THANKS FOR DANCING |
Thanks for Dancing, directed by Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken (Norway)
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AUDIENCE SPECIAL RECOGNITION: PICKLE |
Pickle, directed by Amy Nicholson (USA)
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ADDITIONAL AWARDS
THE ELLEN AWARD: IRREGULARS |
Irregulars, directed by Fabio Palmieri (Italy)
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SEED&SPARK BEST CROWDFUNDED FILM AWARD: SEA BREEZE |
Sea Breeze, directed by Chun-Yi Li (Taiwan/UK)
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THE YOUTH JURY AWARD: LA LAGUNA |
La Laguna, directed by Aaron Schock (USA) |